PSYC 3402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Reelin, Observational Learning, Longitudinal Study

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3402
• Professor: Shelley Brown

Document Summary

Psychodynamic theories- freud: crime result of dynamic internal forces w/in ind & result of early childhood experiences; psychic conflict in early childhood results in criminal behavior, saw humans as inherently antisocial. Methodological issues (matching of exp"al & *control groups came from clinics, thus not representative of pop) Child forms attachments w/more than 1 adult. # of resilient children isn"t accounted for (that don"t enact criminal behavior despite all odds) Cannot measure someone"s internal processes - conscious, ego, or id; Glueck and glueck (husband and wife team at harvard): based on empirical data collected from cross-sectional. & longitudinal studies, kids don"t have good superego b/c they don"t have supportive family to nurture superego. Glueck and glueck (empirical approach not theory: primary cause of delinquency was parenting factors: Criticisms of glueck and glueck (reasonable support but): Methological weaknesses (base rate of delinquency is not 50/50 & very high, not reflective of pop)